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Thank you. It's nice to know my feelings are "typical" for this type of diagnosis, that I'm not the only one. Losing my last job and starting this one and losing all my finances along with it because of severe debt has been HELL. I hope this job works out, even if it's just a couple years...

I love that he's starting to be more open with me, about anything. He seemed ashamed of what he had done but I told him many people have gone down that path. That he is definitely not alone. I didn't make a big deal of it because I know he wouldn't want me to. I remember even as a kid wanting...

Last night as I was lying in bed with my boyfriend, somewhere in the conversation he mentioned he once tried to kill himself. We were talking about pills or something and Benadryl and I mentioned I read an article about people trying to die from Benadryl. Anyway, he said he tried killing himself...

When my gynecologist told me to get myself treated immediately, even though I didn't have symptoms of a problem, I did the typical, "Sure, sure." thinking I could handle it myself. But, alas, she was right and I was wrong. No, I did NOT want to believe things would get worse instead of better...

Because I just can't tell them I've debated suicide. What would they do with that? They can't do anything other than hug me and feed the cliché lines. It would crush them, make them worry. They don't need that.

SOMEWHERE. For obvious reasons, I can't tell friends, family or my boyfriend. I can't put this on them but keeping it to myself is unbearable. November 19th, I lost my job. For something so stupid but I think they wanted to get rid of me and they found a reason.(I said "hell" in the classroom.)...

I've never liked therapy/counseling/whichever one just prescribes medicine left and right. I have been burned, hurt and betrayed by too many to ever want to go again. One of them broke confidentiality directly in front of me. I don't have health insurance so I don't even know if I could get...

Pardon me if the answers are obvious but ever since you brought up hypnosis and now that my boyfriend is mentioning some hypnosis app he wants me to download and try, I have something to ask. Is self-help hypnosis safe? You know..."it's okay to let go, it's okay to relax" kind of stuff? I have...

@UniversalBeing oops! Sorry about that. I often read the post and fail to look at the actual poster's username. How embarrassing! My (ex, short-term) therapist asked me to research EMDR before we'd begin and we were to get back together and discuss it. She freaked me out by describing it, what...

I have no doubt it can be very effective and helpful for many, many people. I'm too scared, personally. I fear there's more in my memory banks than I'm willing to discover. I'm curious how self meditation works out for the original poster... That seems far safer than self-EMDR type therapies.

I also suggest treading carefully. The first and only therapist I've had to suggest EMDR said if someone goes into hypnosis, they need to be carefully monitored because of the high risks. I didn't go through with it because I was scared of going to that part of my brain. She mentioned people are...

I guess I could try that. This feels absurd and weird. "LEMON! LEMON!"

Good points. He isn't my therapist so disclosing the graphic stuff is probably not a good idea. I don't want him thinking he can fix me, or question me, or see me as fragile and unable to handle things. I appreciate your response, especially coming from the other side. Balancing the two is...

That is some very unfortunate and saddening news! I hope you are able to find happiness and comfort with whatever happens along the way. You deserve someone supportive and good to you and I hope you can find that. I'm always up for honesty with my boyfriend, I just don't know what is...

My boyfriend is the same; supportive of my current emotion. For example, the other day, I was having just a rough few hours, feeling very sad. I kept it together but then I just started to cry. He couldn't see me at the initial moment but he started saying he knows I would be a good mom, asked...

Obviously, many of us disclose to our partners (at our own pace) that we have PTSD and anything else that tags along with it. Many tell their partner what they need from them in order for things to flow smoothly. My question is, how MUCH do you guys share? Do you discuss symptoms, triggers...

I guess it's hard to define rape because everyone has a different interpretation. That's where I get lost in regards to men in my past and what they have done. It's unsettling thinking he did that to me, that it could potentially be defined as rape, and I allowed it to occur. Perhaps it's...

When I was 22-23 I was in a relationship and partially living with a man 7 years my senior. We had, what I THOUGHT was a good thing until a few months in. He would get very angry with me if we didn't have sex every day, sometimes 3 times. He'd become emotionally abusive...etc. etc. We'd fight...

Anxiety. And lately, it's the worst it's ever been....ever. Nonstop; chest feels heavy, suffocating, dizzy, nearly blacking out, headache, ear pain, numbness in random areas. The two joints I have broken have been very stiff and sore, mimicking arthritis. I also have Fibromyalgia that has been...

It could depend on the audience, as well. I don't discuss triggers with anyone other than on this website. It sometimes causes them to talk about them. I agree to an extent on what you said; telling the wrong person is an invite for them to push buttons to see what happens. Not everyone in our...

I've only recently been diagnosed PTSD (two years ago). When I was younger I was misdiagnosed with a list of things so now I have trust issues with therapists, psychologists, and counselors. I have been burned and mistreated by so many, and over-medicated, and told I was lying in order to just...

I have Googled this EXACT THING and I never really got anything. But I just came across this post and it totally happens to me all the time. It makes me feel so stupid! It could be the dumbest thing ever and suddenly, I hate myself, I'm a scumbag, I deserve to die, I'll never be enough for life.

I don't have any experiences such as yours, but my heart goes out to you and the others who have been through similar experiences. It's so disheartening to know people who go through medical practice and gain the trust of patients, who often already have fears of doctors, would do this. I am...

Ugh, the website was messing up and it posted the same message twice. I hope I can edit this and take it off. I'm trying to live moment by moment. I usually do. Sometimes, however, the mind just wanders toward what ifs and futures and wishing things could be predicted so I know what to expect...

We aren't living together yet, but he's brought it up 4 or 5 times. As for a change, I don't know what happened. I went from super excited about our relationship to not really caring if it lasts. But lately I feel like that toward my job, toward friendships, toward life as a whole. He talks...